OT - Ben Wallace sentenced to 1 year in prison (suspended)

Former NBA and Virginia Union University basketball star Ben Wallace entered a plea of no contest after he was arrested Tuesday for leaving the scene of a February car crash. Wallace received a one year jail sentence. The Henrico County judge suspended all but two days of the sentence. Wallace started serving his two day sentence Tuesday. “It’s kind of light for a situation like that,” said Tim Olive who lives near the scene of where the crash happened.

so i know nothing about sentencing (thankfully?). is that basically parole? i realizes he's in jail for only 2 days. also as grantham noted, seems weird to get sentencing guidelines from a random citizen. yeah he left the scene, but it was just a fence.

My business law professor actually once told us in class that if we ever got into an accident after drinking you would be better off leaving the scene of the crash leaving the car and going straight to the bar because the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident is nowhere near as bad as drunk driving.

A professor I had in college said that one theory that has been used is to keep a beer under the seat, in the glove compartment, etc. Then if you get in an accident while drinking, grab the beer, shut off the car, step out of the vehicle, and open/drink the beer in front of the officer.

I got shit faced drunk and totaled my car. I then proceeded to leave the scene. Cops came to my house for a week straight, but I just stayed inside and said they couldn't come in, and even with many empty threats from the cops, they eventually left me alone and I faced no legal consequences.